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About
This is the second part of a projected three-part epic biopic of Russian Czar Ivan Grozny, undertaken by Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein at the behest of Josef Stalin. Production of the epic was stopped before the third part could be filmed, due to producer dissatisfaction with Eisenstein's introducing forbidden experimental filming techniques into the material, more evident in this part than the first part. As it was, this second part was banned from showings until after the deaths of both Eisenstein and Stalin, and a change of attitude by the subsequent heads of the Soviet government. In this part, as Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate him.
Theatrical
Oct 10, 1958
Director
Producer
Music
Studio
Mosfilm, TsOKS
Original Title
Иван Грозный. Сказ второй: Боярский заговор
Original Language
Russian
Keywords
Cast
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Nikolai Cherkasov
Czar Ivan IV
S
Serafima Birman
Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
P
Pavel Kadochnikov
Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky
M
Mikhail Zharov
Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov
A
Amvrosii Buchma
Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov
V
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Nikolay the Fanatic
M
Mikhail Kuznetsov
Fyodor Basmanov
A
Alexander Mgebrov
Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen
A
Andrei Abrikosov
Archbishop Philip (formerly Fyodor Kolychev)
V
Vladimir Balashov
Pyotr Volynets
E
Erik Pyryev
Ivan IV as a boy
M
Mikhail Nazvanov
Prince Andrei Kurbsky
P
Pavel Massalsky
King Sigismund of Poland
A
Ada Vojtsik
Elena Glinskaya, Ivan's Mother
A
Aleksandr Rumnyov
The Stranger (uncredited)
S
Sergey Stolyarov
(uncredited)
S
Semyon Timoshenko
Kaspar von Oldenbock, Livonian Ambassador (uncredited)
E
Evgenia Bagorskaya
Lady from Sigismund's court
Ivan The Terrible Collection
A two-part historical epic film about Ivan IV of Russia made by Russian director Sergei Eisenstein. Part 1 was released in 1944 but Part 2 was not released until 1958 due to political censorship. The...
